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(NoModeL) B. C. BRADLEY.

LANDSIDE FOR FLOWS.

Patented Aug 14., 1883.

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BYRON o. BRADLEY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB To THE runsr &

UNI-Tin) STA PATENT OFFICE.

B RA"DLEY MANIIFAOTURING COMPANY, OF PLACE.

LAN DsmE FOR PLOWS.

srEcrFicA'rroN forming part of Letters Iatent No. 283,067, dtttedAugust 14, 1883.

- Application filed March 20, 1883. (No model.)

' To all whom llama/y cancer-ft.-

Be it known that I, BYRON O. BRADLEY, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Landsides for Plows, of which the following is a full description, reference.

being had to the accompanying drawings, in whichl Figure 1 is a top edge view, Fig. 2, a side elevation, showing the inner'side of the land- .side; Fig. 3, a rear elevation; Fig. 4, a side elevation, with the heel removed; Figs. 5, 6, and 7, details of the removable heel. m

The rear end of the heel portion of the landside of plowsin use wears away, owing to the natural tendency of the plow to ride on the heel in use, and when worn to any considerable extent-the plow is liable to lift at the point, rendering it difficult to keep the plow down to its work for a given depth of furrow, by reason of there being no resistance oifered by the heel, owing to its rounding off.

The object of this invention is to obviate this difficulty in the use of plows, which I accomplish in themanner and by the means hercand having, as shown, a nose or extension, 0,

for projecting beneath the point, as usual, which nose or extension has a hole, I), for the passage of a bolt for attachmentto the point or to a suitable brace-bar, in the usual manner. These parts A B may be of the form, construction, and arrangement shown, or of i any other well-known form for such parts, except at the rear or heelend thereof there is a out away portion, forming anotch, d, as shown in Fig. 4..

O is the removable heel, which may be made of chilled iron or other suitable material, having a base, c, with upper projecting flanges,

, c a, between which is a space, 0", corresponding in width to the width of the landside and its strengthening-bar.- The base 0 corresponds inthickness to the depth of the notch (1, so that when the parts are together the bottom of the removable heel will be in the same plane with the bottom of the landside, as shown in Fig. 2.

The flange c is narrow, and comes outside of 5 5 the bar, and through this flange the bolt a is passed, securing the heel to the landside, and the heel is held against lateral movement by the landside and bar entering the notch or re cess 0. 1

In use, as the heel C wears down, so as to not act properly in offering a resistance to the rise of thepoint, it can be removed and a new I heel applied and secured thereon, bringing the landside and the heel at the bottom on the same plane andrenewing the proper length of the landside; and to remove the heel and apply a new one, all that isnecessary to be done is to take out the bolta, remove the old heel, apply'a newone in place thereof, and reinsert the bolt, which can be done by any one using the plow. By means of this removable heel,a landside can be made to last as long as the rest of the plow, instead of becoming worn out and having to be replaced by a new landside, as has heretofore been the case.

The flange c,comes on the outside of the landside, and need be only of sufficient height to furnish a stay or stop. The notch (1 should be of the same depth, or nearly so, as the thickness of the base 0 below the recess 0 so that when the parts are together, thebottom of the landside will be in a level plane its entire length. 4

I do not broadly claim a removable heelplate secured to the rear end of the landside of a plow, as such has heretofore been done; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure I by Letters Patent, is-

The removable heel O, constructed of the base 5 and vertical fiangesc and c, separated by' the space 0 in combination with the landside A B, the rear end of which is provided with the notch d, for receiving the base of the heel, substantially as described.

BYRON O. BRADLEY.

O. W. Bonn. 

